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Is The Italian Tune-Up A Myth? Does It Actually Do Any Good?

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Old 08-13-2018, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sidescrollin
Another big reason commuter cars with high mileage run well is that the mileage is relative. Starting your car creates as much wear as 1,000 highway miles, because there is no oil at startup. On the highway the engine has a constant film of oil to protect it, which is why a 3 year old car with 200,000 miles is not at all the same as a 15 year old car with 200,000 miles.
Germans call vehicles 'Fahrzeuge' which means 'Driving Stuff'. The idea is, that they are meant to be driven. Driving includes making good progress and that is why I favor a car with high mileage rather than low. Sure, low can be tempting, but a 20 year old car with say 100.000 km only did 5.000 km a year. Which, spread over 365 days, isn't much at all...
 
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Originally Posted by Greg in France
But OEM cream-coloured fans, as per the HE OEM ones from a construction and solidity angle, are available still, but in a slightly larger diameter as used in some saloons and the Daimler limo.
The Daimler limo uses the same fan as the V12. I have a black fan in mine (both V12 and Daimler DS420) and they cool well. The blades are longer than the white fan and move more air.

 
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Originally Posted by Jagboi64
The Daimler limo uses the same fan as the V12. I have a black fan in mine (both V12 and Daimler DS420) and they cool well. The blades are longer than the white fan and move more air.
For clarity, OB and I are talking about this item@
https://blackcountryjag.weebly.com/s...Old_Stock.html
It might not be for the limo, I am quite possibly mistaken. but it is an excellent item and far better that the black ones that I have seen.
 
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Originally Posted by Greg in France
For clarity, OB and I are talking about this item@
https://blackcountryjag.weebly.com/s...Old_Stock.html
It might not be for the limo, I am quite possibly mistaken. but it is an excellent item and far better that the black ones that I have seen.
Hi Greg

Same here, I prefer the White Fans
 

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Hi Greg

Same here, I prefer the White Fans
Just to be different, I prefer black! At idle it noticeably moves more air, and in my Daimler limo sitting in traffic with both AC systems on that is important to me.
 
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Old 08-13-2018, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug
Use first gear rather than second !

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I'm sure I read somewhere that the gearbox will automatically change up out of first over certain speeds. I know it won't go into first unless it's going pretty slowly.
 
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Right !
They're not made out of glass
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Parts of them are! The parts you see out of....
 
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Originally Posted by Some Day, Some Day
I'm sure I read somewhere that the gearbox will automatically change up out of first over certain speeds. I know it won't go into first unless it's going pretty slowly.

Put it in 'low' and give 'er the boot !

Yeah, it'll eventually shift to 2nd....probably at about 65 mph or so!

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Old 08-13-2018, 10:59 PM
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Cheers. I'll give that a go then.
 
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Don't know if it's been mentioned, but this is actually a prescribed action in the owner's manual. Look up detonation and kickdown in the index - it'll lead you straight to the page.
 
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